The Belmont Abbey men's soccer team suffered a 3-1 loss at the Wingate Bulldogs this evening in a battle of Southeast Regional opponents. Wingate moves to 9-3, while the Abbey slips to 6-6.

Wingate got on the board early as Gui Andrade scored his second goal of the year on a penalty kick in the fifth minute. That was all of the scoring through the first half.

Early in the second half the Bulldogs extended their lead to 2-0 as Gui Lima scored on a redirected shot off of a corner kick, but the Abbey quickly cut the lead in half just four minutes later.

Senior Ross Smith outran the Wingate defense and ran down a long pass and was left with a one one one with goalkeeper Daniel DeGraff, whom he beat for his first goal of the year.

Belmont Abbey turned up the pressure as it looked for the game-tying goal, but Wingate gained an insurance goal at the 67:57 mark as Liam Gillesphey scored on a rebound of a shot that hit the post for his second goal of the year.

Wingate outshot the Abbey 15-3 and both teams attempted five corner kicks. Jordan Junot made a pair of saves and DeGraff also had two stops.